Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Game #13 (5-6-1)

Peoria Stadium SEATTLE MARINERS (5-6-1) vs. OAKLAND ATHLETICS (4-5-2) Home #7 (2-4)

TONIGHT’S GAME INFORMATION

Starting Pitchers: LH Marco Gonzales (0-0, 0.00) vs. RH Jharel Cotton (0-1, 9.00)
6:40 pm MT/5:40 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN Seattle / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS NW
TONIGHT’S TILT…the Mariners continue their 42nd spring training with a Cactus League match-up
SPRING RECORD
tonight against the Oakland Athletics at Peoria Stadium…tonight’s game is the 13th of a 32-game
Overall Record................................5-6-1 Cactus League schedule for the Mariners that concludes March 27 vs. the Colorado Rockies at Salt
PEORIA STADIUM............................. 3-3
Home Record.................................... 2-4
River Fields…the Mariners will open the 2018 season March 29 vs. Cleveland at Safeco Field.
Road Record..................................3-2-1 UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS (subject to change)…
Current Streak................................... L 1
TONIGHT: Mariners vs. Athletics 6:40 pm 710 ESPN Seattle (live)
THE COUNTDOWN OAK — Cotton, Gossett, Wahl, Coulombe*, Hatcher, Treinen, Bassitt ROOT SPORTS NW (live)
22 days to Opening Day, 3/29 vs. CLE SEA — Gonzales*, De Jong, Phelps, Rzepczynski
THURSDAY: Mariners vs. Giants 6:40 pm 710 ESPN Seattle (live)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
SF — Cueto, Holland, Fernandez, Moronta, Johnson, Snelten*, Cyr ROOT SPORTS NW (live)
March 8................... vs. San Francisco
SEA — Whalen, Povse
March 9...................... at San Francisco
March 10........................... at Cincinnati FRIDAY: Mariners at Giants 1:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle (live)
March 11........................ vs. Cincinnati SEA — Paxton*, Vincent, Jiminian
Bold - Peoria Stadium SF — Samardzjia, Flores, Strickland, Dyson, Valdez, Gomez
ACTIVE MLB HITS LEADERS SATURDAY: Mariners at Reds 6:05 pm 710 ESPN Seattle (live)
SEA — Miranda*, Bergman
Two active Mariners are among the
top-5 active leaders in hits in the Major CIN — Romano, Peralta*, Brice, Rainey, Iglesias, Reed*
Leagues: * left-handed pitcher
Rk. Name H
WELCOME BACK, ICHIRO…the Mariners announced today that the club has agreed to terms
1. Ichiro.................................... 3,080
2. Adrian Beltre........................ 3,048 with free agent outfielder Ichiro Suzuki…Ichiro is the active Major League hits leader, ranking 22nd
3. Albert Pujols......................... 2,968 all-time in MLB history with 3,080 career hits…after amassing 1,278 hits during a 9-year career
4. Miguel Cabrera..................... 2,636 (1992-2000) with the Orix Blue Wave of Japan’s Pacific League, Ichiro has totaled 4,358 between
5. Robinson Canó................... 2,376
MLB and Japan…on Aug. 7, 2016, he recorded his 3,000th career hit in the Major Leagues – a triple
BY THE NUMBERS – becoming one of 31 players to reach that milestone…he is one of seven players to collect a least
3,000 hits and 500 stolen bases in the Major Leagues (also: Lou Brock, Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins,

.556
Rickey Henderson, Paul Molitor and Honus Wagner)…Ichiro has appeared in 17 Major League
seasons with Seattle (2001-12), New York-AL (2012-14) and Miami (2015-17).
Braden Bishop has hit safely in 4 BULLPEN BULLIES…Mariners relievers have not allowed a run in the last 16.0 innings in relief,
straight games (3/2-c), batting .556
(5x9) with 2 runs, 1 triple and 1 RBI…
dating back to the 4th inning on March 3 vs. the Angels...over the last 4 games (3/2-current), the
overall this spring, Bishop is batting bullpen has allowed only 3 earned runs over 23.0 innings (1.17 ERA)...during this 4-game stretch,
.500 (8x16) in 9 games. Mariners relievers have walked 7 while striking out 34…RH Dan Altavilla (SV, 4 G, 4.0 IP, 1 H, 8 K),
LH Sam Moll (SV, 3 G, 3.0 IP, 1 H) and RH Ljay Newsome (SV, 2 G, 3.0 IP, 1 BB, 2 K) have recorded

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Ichiro Suzuki has appeared in 12 sea-
3 saves and combined to allow 2 hits while walking 1 and striking out 10 over 10.0 scoreless innings.
VS. THE ATHLETICS…the Mariners and Athletics meet tonight in the first of three Cactus League
sons with the Mariners (2001-12), tied match-ups this spring (also: March 15 at OAK and March 17 at OAK)…Seattle and Oakland will meet
with Dan Wilson for 5th-most in club 19 times this spring, beginning April 13-15 at Safeco Field.
history…trails Edgar Martinez (18), Jay
Buhner (14), Ken Griffey Jr. (13), Félix SPEAKING OF GETTING HOT…Kyle Seager has hit safely in 4 of the first 6 games he has appeared
Hernández (13). this spring, batting .412 (7x17) with 2 runs, 1 double and 1 RBI…Gordon Beckham (.588/10x17,
6 R, 3 2B, HR, RBI, BB, SB, 2 HBP), Braden Bishop (.500/8x16, 3 R, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, BB, SF, SH),

17.000
Ichiro Suzuki is the most senior player
Dee Gordon (.412/7x17, 5 R, 2B, 3B, HR, 3 RBI, SB), Daniel Vogelbach (.417/5x12, 3 R, 2B, HR,
3 RBI, 4 BB) and Andrew Romine (.389/7x18, 2 R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, BB, SB, SH) are all hitting over
in camp with 17 years of ML service. .380 this spring (min 10 AB).
SWING IT LIKE BECKHAM…Gordon Beckham has hit safely in all 7 games he has appeared in

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Ichiro Suzuki is the 42nd player in club
this spring, batting .588 (10x17) with 6 runs, 3 doubles, 1 home run, 1 RBI, 1 walk, 1 stolen base
and 2 HBP…Beckham’s 10 hits are tied with San Diego’s Franchy Cordero, Houston’s J.D. Davis,
Baltimore’s Manny Machado, Boston’s Blake Swihart and Houston’s Kyle Tucker for 2nd-most
history to have spent at least two dif-
ferent stints with the Mariners...he joins among all players (Chicago-NL’s Mike Freeman, 11).
Erasmo Ramírez as active Mariners
who have spent two stints with the club.
ON THE AIR…tonight’s telecast on ROOT SPORTS NW will feature in-game interviews with Mariners
general manager Jerry Dipoto, manager Scott Servais, outfielder Dee Gordon, right-hander David
THE ROSTER Phelps, infielder Mike Ford…Dave Sims and Mike Blowers will call the action on TV tonight.
The spring roster is currently at 60 PLAY-BY-PLAY…all radio broadcasts, including tonight’s game vs. the Athletics, can be heard live
players (40 roster, 20 non-roster)…
the camp breakdown by position on Mariners.com…tonight’s broadcast will also be aired live on 710 ESPN Seattle beginning at
is the following: 30 pitchers (8 non- 5:30 p.m. PT… Rick Rizzs and Aaron Goldsmith will call the action today…710 ESPN Seattle is
roster), 5 catchers (2 non-roster), broadcasting 30 of the club’s 32 Cactus League games this spring.
12 infielders (4 non-roster) and 13
outfielders (6 non-roster). MARINERSMEDIA.COM…game notes, lineups, rosters, statistics and news releases (among
other things) can be found on MarinersMedia.com…if you need login information, please contact a
ON THE AIR member of the Mariners Baseball Information staff.
Tonight’s game vs. the Athletics (5:40
pm PT/6:40 pm in AZ) will televised
live on ROOT SPORTS NW and
HEY BROCK, AS YOU KNOW…David Phelps is entering his 7th Major League season...BUT
broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle DID YOU KNOW?...Phelps has been teammates with Ichiro Suzuki in all 6 previous seasons
and Mariners.com…Dave Sims (2012-14 with New York and 2015-17 with Miami)?...Ichiro has also been teammates with current
and Mike Blowers will call the game Mariners Robinson Canó (2012-13 w/NYY), Dee Gordon (2015-17 w/MIA), Félix Hernández
on TV while Rick Rizzs and Aaron
Goldsmith will call the action on the (2005-12 w/SEA), Hisashi Iwakuma (2012 w/SEA), Erasmo Ramírez (2012 w/SEA) and Kyle
radio…complete spring training day- Seager (2011-12)...he was also teammates with Mariners Hitting Coach Edgar Martinez (2001-
by-day with TV and radio listings is 04 w/SEA)...among the coaching staff, Ichiro has only faced Assistant Coach Jim Brower, going
listed on Page 2 of these game notes. 0-for-1 with a groundout on May 19, 2006 vs. San Diego at Safeco Field.
 2018 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES • MARCH 7, 2018 • VS. OAKLAND ATHLETICS

#32 — MARCO GONZALES (LHP)

YEAR TEAM W-L ERA G GS CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB SO
2017 Palm Beach 0-0 1.50 1 1 0 0 6.0 2 1 1 1 0 7
Memphis 6-4 2.90 11 11 0 0 68.1 54 25 22 6 17 57
ST. LOUIS 0-0 13.50 1 1 0 0 3.1 6 5 5 3 0 2
Tacoma 2-0 4.50 2 2 0 0 12.0 8 8 6 0 5 9
SEATTLE 1-1 5.40 10 7 0 0 36.2 53 22 22 5 11 30
2018 SPRING 0-0 0.00 2 2 0 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1 8
MiLB Totals 18-14 3.20 61 59 0 0 312.1 294 127 111 28 81 274
MLB Totals 5-3 5.47 22 14 0 0 77.1 98 47 47 13 33 64

2018 Spring Training - 0-0, 0.00 ERA (0 ER, 2.0 IP) in 1 GS...allowed 1 BB and struck out 4 in 2.0 hitless inning in Spring Training debut
on 2/25 vs. LAD...ND in Mariners 4-2 win on 3/2 at MIL, allowing 3 H and 4 K in 3.0 ShO IP.
• Last Season - Went 1-1 with a 6.08 ERA (27 ER, 40.0 IP) in 11 games, including 8 starts with St. Louis (1 G) and Seattle (10 G, 8 GS).
• September Surge - In 5 games, including 2 starts, in September, went 1-0 with a 2.81 ERA (5 ER, 16.0 IP) and 17 strikeouts.
• Mariners Debut - Made his Mariners debut on Aug. 6 at Kansas City, taking a no-decision (4,0,7,5,5,1,5,HR).
• The Trade - Acquired by Seattle from St. Louis in exchange for minor leaguer Tyler O’Neill (OF) on July 21, 2017.
• Career - Has appeared in parts of 3 Major League seasons with St. Louis (2014-15, ‘17) and Seattle (‘17)…drafted and signed by the
Cardinals with the 19th overall pick in the 2013 MLB Draft out of Gonzaga University…...shared West Coast Conference Player of the
Year honors with the Cubs’ Kris Bryant (University of San Diego) as a freshman in 2011 and as a junior in 2013.

ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH

#33 — Chase De Jong (RHP): #35 — David Phelps (RHP):
2018 Spring Training: 0-0, 6.76 ERA (3 ER, 4.0 IP) in 2 G...allowed 1 R on 2 H 2018 Spring Training: 0-0, 1.80 (0 ER, 1.0 IP) in 1 G...W#1 in 1st Cactus
in 2.0 IP in Cactus League debut on 3/24 vs. CWS...allowed 2-R game-tying League appearance on 3/3 vs. LAA, tossing 1-2-3 4th inning.
HR on 3/1 vs. KC (2.0,2,2,2,0,1,HR). • Last Season - Went 4-5 with 21 holds and a 3.40 ERA (21 ER, 55.2 IP)
• Last Season - Went 0-3 with a 6.35 ERA (20 ER, 28.1 IP) with 13 strikeouts with 62 strikeouts in 54 relief outings with Miami (44 G) and Seattle (10 G).
in 7 games, 4 starts, with the Mariners. • Medical Update - Had surgery to remove bone spur from right elbow on
• Minor Totals - Went 4-9 with a 5.99 ERA (75 ER, 112.2 IP) in 20 starts Sept. 13, 2017…surgery was performed by Dr. David Altchek in New York.
between AAA Tacoma and AA Arkansas (8/7-end). • Trade - Acquired from Miami for Brayan Hernandez (of), Pablo Lopez (rhp),
• What’s in a Name? - De Jong is pronounced “dee-YOUNG”. Brandon Miller (rhp) and Lukas Schiraldi (rhp) on July 20, 2017.
• Career - Made his Major League debut with the Mariners on April 5, 2017 • With Seattle - Went 2-1 with 3 holds and a 3.12 ERA (3 ER, 8.2 IP) in 10
at Houston…selected by Toronto in the 2nd round of the 2012 MLB Draft. games with the Mariners.
#64 — Mike Morin (RHP): • Strong Finish - Went 2-3 with 21 holds and a 2.36 ERA (12 ER, 45.2 IP)
2018 Spring Training: 0-1-1, 6.00 ERA (2 ER, 3.0 IP) in 3 G...recorded the with 50 strikeouts over his final 46 games.
blown save and loss, allowing 2 R on 2 H (BB, 2 K) in 8th inning on 3/24 vs. • Career - Has appeared in parts of 6 Major League seasons with the Yan-
CWS...tossed scoreless 7th inning on 2/28 at CLE (1.0,1,0,0,0,1)...SV#1 on kees (2012-14), Marlins (2015-17) and Mariners (2017-c)…originally select-
3/3 vs. LAA, tossing 1-2-3 9th inning (K). ed by New York-AL in the 14th round of the 2008 MLB First-Year Player
• Last Season - Combined to post a 7.20 ERA (16 ER, 20.0 IP) with 16 Draft out of Notre Dame.
strikeouts in 16 games with Los Angeles-AL (10 G) and Kansas City (6 G). #25 — Marc Rzepczynski (LHP):
• Minor Thing - In minors, pitched exclusively with AAA Salt Lake, going 0-1 2018 Spring Training: 1-0, 9.00 ERA (2 ER, 2.0 IP) in 2 G...tossed 1-2-3 3rd
with 1 save and a 3.20 ERA (68 ER, 39.1 IP) with 25 strikeouts in 22 games. inning with 2 K’s in Cactus League debut on 2/27 vs. SD...W#1 on 3/2 at MIL
• Career - Has appeared in parts of 4 Major League seasons with Los An- (1.0,2,2,2,2,1).
geles-AL (2014-17) and Kansas City (2017)…selected by the Angels in the • Last Season - Went 2-2 with 1 save and a 4.02 ERA (14 ER, 31.1 IP) with
13th round of the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft. 25 strikeouts in 64 relief appearances with the Mariners.
#12 — Juan Nicasio (RHP): • Dependable - His 64 relief appearances were 3rd on the club behind Nick
2018 Spring Training: 1-0, 3.00 (1 ER, 3.0 IP) in 3 G...W#1 on 2/25 vs. LAD, Vincent (69) and Edwin Díaz (66).
allowing 1 H & 1 K in scoreless 3rd inning...tossed scoreless 4th inning on • Stranded - Stranded 85% (44 of 52) of inherited base runners; best mark
2/28 at CLE (1.0,1,0,0,1,1)...allowed 1 R on 1 H in 4th inning, 3/3 vs. LAA in MLB (min. 50 inherited runners).
• Last Season - Went 5-5 record with 6 saves and a 2.61 ERA (21 ER, 72.1 • Strong Start - Posted a 1.23 ERA (2 ER, 14.2 IP) with 13 strikeouts in his
IP) in 76 outings with Pittsburgh (65 G), Philadelphia (2 G) and St. Louis (9 G). first 23 relief appearances of the season, including 16 scoreless games to
• Leader - Tied for National League lead with career-high 76 appearances. start the year…allowed a run in just one of those 23 outings.
• Moving - Acquired by St. Louis from Philadelphia on Sept. 6 for minor • In a Holding Pattern - His 20 holds ranked T12th in the American League.
league infielder Eliezer Alvarez…claimed off waivers by Philadelphia from • Durable - Since 2011, has 458 relief appearances, 3rd-most among left-
Pittsburgh on Aug. 31. handed pitchers, behind Tony Watson (474) and Mike Dunn (473).
• Career - Has appeared in parts of 7 ML seasons with Colorado (2011-14), • Career - Enters his 10th Major League season in 2018…originally selected
Los Angeles-NL (2015), Pittsburgh (2016-17), Philadelphia (2017) and St. Lou- by Toronto in the 5th round of the 2007 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
is (2017)…signed with Colorado as a non-drafted free agent on Aug. 21, 2006.

2018 SEATTLE MARINERS - SPRING TRAINING DAY-BY-DAY

DAY DATE OPP SCORE WINNER LOSER SAVE REC ATT
Friday February 23 San Diego Padres (charity game) 3-2 Miranda (1-0) Kennedy Altavilla (1) 1-0 5,431
Saturday February 24 Chicago White Sox 3-5 Gomez Morin (0-1) Volstad 1-1 5,107
Sunday February 25 Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0 Nicasio (1-0) Alexander Moll (1) 2-1 7,504
Monday February 26 Chicago Cubs 9-9 None None None 2-1-1 10,021
Tuesday February 27 San Diego Padres (ss) 6-11 Lauer Bergman (0-1) None 2-2-1 3,029
Kansas City Royals (ss) 9-14 K. McCarthy Bonnell (0-1) None 2-3-1 2,887
Wednesday February 28 Cleveland Indians 2-4 Morimando Díaz (0-1) N. Ramirez 2-4-1 2,615
Thursday March 1 Kansas City Royals 3-4 Keller Bradford (0-1) Fillmyer 2-5-1 4,795
Friday March 2 Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 Rzepczynski (1-0) Logan Mills (1) 3-5-1 3,954
Saturday March 3 Los Angeles Angels 4-2 Phelps (1-0) Parker Morin (1) 4-5-1 9,756
Sunday March 4 Texas Rangers 10-7 Moore (1-0) Hernandez Newsome (1) 5-5-1 6,607
Monday March 5 OFF DAY
Tuesday March 6 Colorado Rockies 2-3 Márquez Leake (0-1) Jemiola (1) 5-6-1 5,086
Wednesday March 7 Oakland Athletics Peoria 6:40/5:40 R/TV
Thursday March 8 San Francisco Giants Peoria 6:40/5:40 R/TV
Friday March 9 San Francisco Giants Scottsdale 1:05/12:05 R
Saturday March 10 Cincinnati Reds Goodyear 6:05/5:05 R
Sunday March 11 Cincinnati Reds Peoria 1:10 R/TV
Monday March 12 Chicago White Sox Peoria 6:40 R/TV
Tuesday March 13 Colorado Rockies Salt River 1:10 R#/TV
Wednesday March 14 San Francisco Giants Peoria 6:40 R/TV
Thursday March 15 Oakland Athletics Mesa 7:05 R
Friday March 16 Texas Rangers Surprise 1:05 R#
Saturday March 17 Los Angeles Angels (ss) Peoria 1:10 R/TV
Oakland Athletics (ss) Mesa 1:05
Sunday March 18 Cleveland Indians Peoria 1:10 R/TV
Monday March 19 Los Angeles Angels Tempe 6:10 R
Tuesday March 20 OFF DAY
Wednesday March 21 Milwaukee Brewers Peoria 6:40 R/TV
Thursday March 22 Texas Rangers Peoria 6:40 R/TV
Friday March 23 Chicago White Sox Glendale 1:05 R#
Saturday March 24 Chicago Cubs (ss) Peoria 6:40 R/TV
Sunday March 25 San Diego Padres Peoria 12:10 R
Monday March 26 OFF DAY
Tuesday March 27 Colorado Rockies Salt River 1:10 R#/TV
Bold: Home team (ss) split squad game
TV = ROOT Sports Broadcast R# - Delayed radio on 710 ESPN Seattle All radio broadcasts are live on Mariners.com.